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King & Spalding has recruited John H. Barr, Jr., a commercial litigator who focuses on intellectual property, energy and business litigation, as a partner in its intellectual property practice in the Houston office. Mr. Barr joins King & Spalding from Bracewell & Giuliani, where he was a partner and co-head of the intellectual property...

Clifford Chance has announced the recruitment of partner Gianluca Bacchiocchi to its banking and finance practice in the Americas. One of the most respected legal advisers for project finance matters in Latin America, Bacchiocchi's arrival bolsters Clifford Chance's market-leading projects and infrastructure practice and enables the firm to...

Richard C. Goetz, senior counsel and leader of Dykema’s International Practice Group, has been named a 2015 BTI Client Service All-Star, an honor accorded to just 354 attorneys. He received this recognition from leading corporate counsel and other legal decision-makers for his performance and client service.
In its analysis of this year’s...

Fish & Richardson has announced that it won a jury verdict in federal district court in Boston for Adobe Systems Inc. in a patent infringement case brought by EveryScape, Inc., a software company based in Newton, Massachusetts. After a two-week trial, the jury deliberated for only three hours before returning a verdict on January 23, 2015...

Anderson Kill is pleased to announce that Patricio A. Suarez, an attorney in the firm's New York office, has been promoted to shareholder.
Mr. Suarez is a member of the firm’s Captive Insurance group, providing counsel to clients in their establishment and management of captive insurance companies. He is also a member of the Estates...

Dykema Gossett has announced the formation and launch of their Food & Beverage Practice Group, creating a sought-after industry group for clients navigating the myriad issues that arise from operating in the food and beverage industry. The group will be led by David Graham, senior counsel and a member of the Products and Professional...

Fish & Richardson has announced that Cherylyn Esoy Mizzo, a principal in the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation Group, has been selected for the 2015 Fellows program of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). The LCLD Fellows program is designed to increase diversity at the leadership levels of the nation's law...

Stuart Isaacs QC, an established and highly regarded international arbitration and litigation lawyer with extensive first-chair advocacy experience, will join the London office of King & Spalding as a partner in its global disputes practice, effective February 9, 2015. Mr. Isaacs joins from Berwin Leighton Paisner, where he was partner and head...

Clifford Chance announced today the recruitment of partner Gianluca Bacchiocchi to its banking and finance practice in the Americas. One of the most respected legal advisers for project finance matters in Latin America, Bacchiocchi's arrival bolsters Clifford Chance's market-leading projects and infrastructure practice and enables the firm to...

George J. Terwilliger III, a leading Washington lawyer who served in an array of top Justice Department posts, and two new partners are joining McGuireWoods, where Terwilliger will co-chair the firm’s white-collar practice.

King & Spalding advised Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC in the development of an engineering, procurement and construction management contract with Fluor and Technip for a world-scale petrochemical complex near Lake Charles, Louisiana. King & Spalding also is advising Sasol on a suite of local and international engineering and construction contracts for...

Gerald J. Stubenhofer has returned to McGuireWoods as a partner in the firm’s highly regarded Commercial Litigation Department after seven years as the chief legal officer and corporate secretary of General Nutrition Centers Inc., a leading global retailer of vitamins and health supplements.

Tax Policy & Practice Symposium (TCPI), created in 1997, is a nonprofit and non-partisan public policy research and educational organization. It was created to help bring about a better understanding of significant federal tax policies that impact businesses and the national economy through careful study, thoughtful evaluation and open discussion....